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The SF««.
We ®ut render ouF columns to various in it re. ring ar
ticles of news from the North and from Eu**ope. The
comment* of the Northern press on the battle of Great
Botn-1 are exceedingly rich. Trial affair has thrown the
whole Yankee nation into a state of confusion. Their
proposed promenade through the South i* found to be
not exactly the thing they imagined. With masked b.ir
terries of r fl -*d cannon attending them at every turn of
ths toad, the pleasures of the excursion are very much
abated. Crimination* of each other and recriminations
re jult from their first atep, and take the place of tbeir
eh outs over txpec'ed victories. Gen. Butler sofficial te
pert discloses hi- va<.t, comprehensive and genuine Yan
kee scheme for surprising Little Bethel, the sad blunder
of his own regiments firiug into each, and the still sad
der cats-tiephe of his invincible* fall'Cg into their o»u
trap, and suffering a surprise and disastrous defeat. IK*
put*, of course, the best face he can, on his rout, and by
wav of diminishing the extent of his loss only speaks of
the killed and wounded that weic carried off. But even
on this point, he is contradicted by all the North, rn cor
respondent*, who speak of 280 killed and wounded, who
were brought to the Fortress. Of the Urge number
buried on the field by our men, he is silent.
Ii i* reported by the Northern papers, that when the
news of the defeat reached him, he swore like a genuine
Puritan, that he would not eat breakfast till he h id tab t*
the battery and routed the Rebels. And the m:*seager.
who bore his di-patch to Washington, felt authoris'd to
announce that no doubt the enemy had already been
pouted and .tnprisoneii. The news bus not yet reached
this city, and wc doubt if even Geu. M.igruder has heard
a word of it!!
Tt-e New Yotk papers of the 13:h—the duy after the
fir*’ astouud.ng nrws reached them, were maxirg effoits
to r«! w tVim the tKoiH of the overwhelming i tu cr.
8->mo of them ct to believe that the ti.st reports wi :e
gro--.v eiag* rated, and that the real uuih of the mat
ter was trial 1.««m ol the Rebels had beoa captured.—
Others pretend that it a mere all ur of out-j> that
they only lost 14 duri; g the dev, of whiJi mix were
killed in the eight attack by their own tnea. Other*,
however, admit “the great disaster that has bef. lira our
Him*_and race it to the iatul and wide-spread blued.r
of arpo;ti*.ing incompetent civil.ars to h gh commauj
Ba’ler and P>erce were both ranting demagogues—who
knew nothing about war, and should be forthwith so 1
back to Massachusetts to the;r original vocation of p :i.
fogg tig. And they, it is sii.l, make on y one of many
aim.Ur t-^Anoes. Several other of the Yai.k-re divisior*
are similarly ofti red, and utl-ss a change is sotwoiy
made, ot^er at <1 lilt*' d.s e'e-s are inimi-ent. Bat we
leave to the Yu.kcea th- w-c!t<.s the settlement of :h ir
own did) uluce.
The article# from the E; gl .-h press s-» ?*g- i5esnt—
Thev relate mainly to the blockade tn-J a comaooudena-e
on that su'j ct bet wee S* w r 1 and I.*.: 1 l.~* (l:»a
eicop ion is taken to the p t i-m* of Seward; and th<
7tNMi auticipa ca serous complications between tha two
nat;ous from them. The general tone of the press s that
the blockade is cot efficient, andouglr not to be inspect
«i We kw duri thia ■attcf is in way of twine speed
ily teated bv Istru Lve and it l^LOt impossible that
Seward will bo c it;v.'l.d to ab c.lon all his potiions in
lesa than thirty day j
The article from the Poal—Lord Paltierston’s organ—
▼ery distinctly deolarea tha; our iudependnee wi” be j
recogn aed soor «r tl an M. Thouver.el intimated; and wo j
tuav ad-1, than we dc»ire. Without reccg '.ion, theco.n-
plication between the Yankees acd for sign powers w.ii
be aggravated, and the probabilities of open rupture
greatly increased. Unless those Powers are willing to j
renounce their trade and their rights under treaty, the i
present blockade must eventuate in war.
TlUwourl.
Got. Jackson has issued a proclamation to the people
of Mi-souri, calling for t '.o. »troop* to rep-1 the ia^a
aiou of the Washington usurpers. Ho reviews the tra
actio a between the S.a:c acd Federal authorities. He
sava an arrangement was made with Genera! Harney
bv which the peace of the Slate ni ght be preserv-d
That it was wantonly and wickedly violated l y the Fed
eral authority, which rcmovid Gra. Harney and sab
eli'.uted abase minion for him. lie states that he made
another tfTurt for peace, and bad an interview with
G,<n Lvon, who avowed hi* purpose to occupy the State
at pleasure, and reduce it to a condition ol sul jugation
aim Ur to that of Maryiaud. To** Governor, therefore,
aeeiug the wicked designs of the Federal power, and de
spairing of maintaining the liberties of the people, ci
eept by arms, calis upoa them to rally to tha defence of
their homes and firesides.
Toe proclamation cone'ud-8 a* follows
“Your first allegiance is due to your own State, an l
you are under no ool gations whatev>r to obey the un
constitutional edicts of the tuilita y despotn-m enthroned
at Washington, nor submit !o tha infamy and degrading
swav of its wicked minions iu this S «'.e. Xo brave an 1
true hearted Missourian will ©boy the one or submit to
the other. Rise, then, and dr ve ou\ iguominiou.-ty,
the invader* who have dared to desecrate the soil which
vour labor* have made fruitful, and which u coL*e
crated by your homes.”
We will publish the wholo proclamation to-morrow
This energetic aad patriotic movement ol the Governor
will precipitate the cocii.ct in that State and the brave
eons of Missouri will give a good account of the hire
ling Hessians whom the Yaukee Government have
thrown upon the State.
Spvi lal Providences.
Cromwell, In a!! his missives to Parliament, recounting
his victories, teek especial pains to ascribe them to the
special interposition of Prov dencc. Many of the i ici
dents at the battle of Bethel are well ca'culatcd to i i
areas the faith of thoe-, who, 1 ae Old Noll, believe in
special Providences. Tee mere fact that five thousand
men, wuh cacaoa and rides and muskets of the most
improved slvle, lor four Lours were tiriig oa the K-o. d
without killing but one m»n, of itself approximates the
the miraculous. The^fact i* not accounted for bv alleg
ing that the Yankees were bal shots; that they aimed
too high or aimed too low. They did both, very preba
biv; but c* rtai'i i; thev shot i.i the midst of our ranks
—ploughed t, e 1. i frunt aad rear, and killed
mul*s and hors- ua 1 .-r J.e Jl. »nd among the wen
A Howi'ser inform us. that while loading one gun—
wtiob took a oat a mtnuis—five ridj cr mu*ket b« 1
■truea the cannon, an 1 two of them struck the end of
tbs esnoon, oi eon either side of the ban! o' the men
who Jo*ding, yet nobody w.-ta hurt. Such an it vi
deo t is so m h oat of the ra ge of ordiuary events us
tolistify the belief of that Our.ipotrnt ialerpoeition,
which frustrates all th- d.- tbs rf wicked nun.
title or Ihr tin ttie.
The enerav are (n»k g tu ghi* demonstrations. The
Northern pop SCSWCSStrml g i
on Harper's Ferry Irom Wa-hingtor. Pen .-v vini* aad
Oaio. Harper'. Ferry has beea evacuated by the Yir_
gia.a lorcea, aad nobody knows wfcat 1 a* become of inn
Johnston with bis command. The invading column »t
Rjtnaev is reported to have beaten a sudJen retreat
Tie Northern papers »iw that ten al l liotial Keg men s
have been ordered from Ohio to invade Western Yir
[p U The same aulLontv in’orm us that Un "f* R gi
msa’s will be sent immediately to Fortress Monioe to
suable the gi.lml Butler to take the ft id.
Gecsrai Beauregard is reported to have made an im.
por.aut movetatat.
Great events are on the wing, and there is a bare po«
sibii'ty that the invincible Yankees may be caught in the
traps of their owe setting.
l*>uaal a.
The Northern pspm mate tn»i the King cf this des
potic Government has auihoris.d its tffioeis to volun
teer in the service of Liucolu. The said p-ipcrs are
greatly rvjuiced at the uews, and hope their blandering
Yankee Generals will receive great asrutance from the
Fiuwiian adventurer*. Since it* Great Frederick, we
ere not aware that Prussia has produced a single great
Osoeral. Her commanders only furuiehsd sport for Na
^Jkie sympathy for Lloeola by Ow *o*t dwpouo gov.
E2lurope-ooe only s*c#pfed
character o. -hat remains of lh« oW Government of th.
United State*. __
The rira-Catlnc Yankee*.
A general of an invading army is publicly oensured y
his superior officer for losing Ids presence if mind on
th« ffi Id of battle. The proof of loss of wits ii carious
a-.d icetructive—A* didn't retreat noon anongkThe
enemy were n,owing down bis men. and he didn't run
at the fit St fire This is the l*a» of Butler’s ceusue,
and it is re-echoed bv all the Northern papers.
yioir VirzIutsHs
Surgeeu D S Green, Assi-Unt Burgeou B. W. Green,
and 1 -t Assistant Engineer, Chaa. Schueder, ontho L. B.
t. learner ‘•Saranac,’’ at Panama, resigned and left the
Sis: Mat. Thev reached this citr yesterday by way of
New Turk. Thev come, like all the true sons of Vir
gin^. to fta’-e their all for the old Commonwealth.
V1BGIMA STATE tO.TIETTIOT.
Mospat, June 17. 1S61.
The C aTontiou met 10 o'clock, pursuant to a<Jjourn
m PrArer by the Rev. Joshua PiT«KKt»,of the Episcopal
M-. JOHNSTON presented a pentiou from citizma of
the town ol GooJ*ou aud vicinity,iu Washington coun y,
a.k g the eatabl thmeut of an ilscticn precinct. Laid
up hi tft“ table.
Th Cc vention then went into rec ret session, and sat
wi h close d doors until 2 V o’clock P. M.
COlBTtSlkS TO Til* PEASII’INT.
The PRrsn xNT laid before ihe Convention the fohow
:ug ionium- icAtion trorr. Hi* Excellency, Jeftereon I
S,.. Juue 16, lM'l.
Ilt-n. Jt,hn Janneti, President, tit:
M«.-l hoe i i o:.«r to acknowledge the receipt of
vour letter of the 15 h inst, communicating to me the
ro-o utkn ol t‘c Yirgnia State Convent,on to vrit n>e
at aui h hour us 1 may appoint. It will affurd roe pref t
l i<c ;;~e reel Ive you and the members ot the Conven
lot at eight o’clock, on Mon da v evening, the 1 <.h ms..
1 have the honor to t e,
Very respectfully, yours,
JrrriBsos Davis.
T e re- u ion referred to was submitted by Mr. Tvlkf,
oa Saturday, a: d reads as follows:
KexJnrJ, Tuat this Convention, at such hour as may
l e m:wt agreeable to the President of the Confederate
fcsms, w tit on him in a bodv.
-olvel, T:n‘ the pre-id.tig t Iheer of this body com
i cate tl a il n ti m to President Davie, and
iin at w it will be not agreeable to him
to receive ibe members of tha Convention.
Til* V1CTOKV AT BKTHKL CHCRCH.
Mr. TYLER submitted the tollowii.g resolutions:
fin,.!. i, That this Cjtivcuiiou has heard with high
saU-taciioa of ihe t rilliat i vlctoiy n cen.lv otiiai: ed by
i North Carolina and Virginia at
Bethel, in the con iiy of Yoik, the first regular eontlicl
between ’fio-e who, under u-urped autboritv, have in
va«K-d our "oil, and re brave defenders ot that sod;
,n.l it b irg »l:ogelher appropriate that our treepi
oul 1 teciiTc suitr.hj n. ed ot sp;>lause for the r gal
lAntrv and g ’d e ''n*u be it tlurefo-c
I;..d. That in Ibe name of the people of Virginia,
:.U Convention expresses i high adui.rviou of illegal
Uotr- rod goo: cot:duct of the r nicer* and men engaged
in tta b *:’e of Bethel, ott the 10th inst, where they re
;;.orc tUu four times :hcir uum
That the conduct of Col. John B. M*gruder,
odircf Lt Cc .federate forces, of CoL D. H.
jlill the e >mw ard* r of tr.e North Carolina troop*, sod
o. the itli.vM under their comma: d, ivinccd, ia the
i opinion t-i tt :s Co: veution, Lga military .-k II united to
mishrirki e v-.for.
h'.i to. pies of the foregoing resolutior8 be
to Col. M« ruder, a 1 rtq ie« that he will
~.t. '.mac to b« publicly r.ai to ibe troop* under
Vr.TYLr.lt foil d the prof otation of the resolu
te with f. t marks, i'l .id: he da.-sod the victory
h Bo:':i»i. 1 t o ii c..-».-:ut.c*e cm.Bid red, antot g t‘e
a i.-il tad "v.-roei. «>:i record lie eulojrz dt c
in i and tr.cn who so ally drtea’i d a largely mp
r T,e rt .!.r en :uj, atm incident lv leleired, 1
tit 'n-u :«ry, terms to Major G-orge Randolph, ol
R.c mono Howitzers, who took au active par: iu the
engagement.
i' ,e ree-l itions were t!:ru r animoosly adopted.
uin.i.n of Mr GREGORY, the onvontion took a
■4 a M.
Kv XIXU Se.— CX
r" p Cor i: lu a re-a bc'l..*.. la f o r'.ik, I'. M., but
Oi. call. 1 v.d'r. trs- 4»cvd tob.i irn «s oxe p:
:r u.v .'c a d tn.ii.uer ot proceeding to ti e
oo i Uo:: .v 11 ir re-pecW to the Puaideut.
i'be Convention then aoj .-un id.
t::b wheeling Tory convention.
\Vu*>-.:s" Va Wednesday, June 12.
I The Wesmrt Vi.pit Ii Cjuvc rtiou met yesterday, and
jaft-r ifT.--.ing a tmporary organisation, aoj turned till
J 11 o’ct.ik ihis mortii' g.
A on't r-Tc. ii- wtr <---.roupnte 1 ou th1 bads cf
thc- .-r.pi-- n:.:to-i. tlLgi-Iaturo.
1 Artfe J L'oicin >ti, o‘ Wo-d eouut v, was che*en per
jmart' '.11:aitu: a d !;v, i. a pvrio-io a Urcss on
j taking bis it K-’ivviewe me Oruiimr.ee of Sectisioo
i-'i by t 11 mu id Con»< ion, and exhorted the
del-ja'es to ti m deci Ud a d thorough action.
The Delegations were thin sworn iu.
The programme of >he Convention poems *o bo the
t r i.atioa ot a Prov-iotl Government for the whole
j S Ate. the deposition ot Lie present State authorities, and
ih,. cal re reor/an z. ioa ot the Mnric pi! Government.
Mr. Carli ell red a resoIut:oa, wh'ch was unanimously
*<>pt“d, th-.nl.icg lira. McClellan for sending troops to
Wi--.ru Virgin .a, cj-ui'icug thn gallant conduct rf
i let. it Ph'llipr*. d corn] Iim< ndng the
bravery of Col. K .Hv, o- t*.- Ftr*: V.rg'in'u K-gimenL
AHUSCON SESSION.
Wuhi:.i.i, Weiln -day. Jute 12.
Mr. Dorset, of Mor.oi g ilia, i IT red resolutions de
i i g ?ba*. shall be par of the t.-jsi:ic8» ut this Con
vi-i: i 'll to tnak r quis le piepmatorv arrargemanta fer
para ion from Vi-s>in a and the formation of h new
pos do theooontiearepresentedhere;
I j, wry arrangements, when computed, to be
t..d lor approi to t c legirlt'ure now convened
:r, (--,.4 cp.v, a.,- ta only loyal and legitimate legislaiute
ot Virginia; them* to the Congress of the United
Sta'* s.
Ti:ia mode, he said, was preferable for reconstructing
lit- gaver m ut ol Virgini s a* equally legal, and as it
r ii. ws u« from an o»erbmde:.icg S'ate debt, no pirl of
which VVeste n V rgiul* ow. a in equity, or the uo less
di-ustrous coi.se qu :ncea cf repudiation.
The.-e rescl'i ions, ut the riqusst of several member',
were withdrawn for the present
After ti e appointment oi a Committee of Thir-een to
prcp.ro bu.-iue-.-, t Cc.iveutiou adjo rued to uiiet at
1" o'clock at the United States court room.
CONSCIENTIOUS DESPOTISM.
"I hare Jute noiumg in me .aie vjl'.ooI out uinui i
ti t .'ht mo' If L -rid to a< said George the Third, on
i: e pr.set.at'ion of Mr. A lims a.- tirs*. minister plctiipo
au*rT from tbe United Situs. And was th‘* war which
t. waged lor the “sutjugaiiou” of our fathers, accord
r g t-> ttie testimony ot bis conscience, “a righteous
war!” Did he “verily think with hi.n-elt” that he ought
to invade our territory, destroy our commerce, occupy
our cities, slaughter our aru.t’-? Ot, nottblc example
ot t ie bit :duc.-s which may smite the moral sense—the
newer oi interest, prejudice aud prui'of place, to clothe
u *il cause with the stolen vestmeuu of right aud
jaw* ice 1
Tt,<- mantle of George the Third, in this regard, has
f„ eu i.pon the shoulders ot those who seek now toor«r
ruu the South wi.h hostile forces. It needed only the
bJJ dic*.a;ee of conscience,” and maintaining the
cause of •‘righteous gov rn-'ent—it needed only this
r nee of xalted virtue in the prosecution of a wicked,
uncles* war—to complete the parallel between theui
s-*lv at d the “higher powers,” the “consti uted author
s,” who would have trodd -t: out the kindling flame of
A ;i i pic.* ti libi ti'. or have queii* h***i it in the blvod cl lie
guardiaus and defenders.—Ktiigiotu Herald.
SxcsssroNTST-i in' Illinois—The Evansville (Tnl)
Jouri: I pu'j cs a letter cated 'Marion,. Illinois, Many
lit) w hich e-irs
Tu i tu! plac?, toad full of fv-cessiotrsts. Ycs
t-r lav tier closed :p the printing office and made the
•*oii op 1 v** i<ii: ..v I.eon;.-1* ’ie tt? lor the l .non. \te
-.-e l-tol- rv rr d for a regiment of in«.u from Citir
to p if t L- tfc ft do»n The street* are a*, hi* t>m» tull
j :.ta.t i u ik, atid “uoil.-w.ug, for J ft D i v s
u:,r scut ro Confederacy. A lew dsye sgo a com
v 3 f<wt
e* A company of S> -ceesiot-iate is now in the rquire
cutting own tin Douglas pole. Th e beats anything 1
e.. r expect, d to s-e in a Northern S-ate.
Wo i vo li e lestiN-as-xrs to k own that fo far from
there being a “on ted North," there are thousands of good
in I dfaumand IliiBOia *io -e
vc the South i* right, and are disposed toatand by h> r,
tud they will iGOu m.kc ihtnisclve* both h.-anl and telt.
L’luinville Courier.
UlbU.
la *lch3K>ni. Saturday, the 19th !r«t nrLKN SOVTITARP,
d»ug ter of J .hu v ami Martha BMrldi, age* nine menths
lu B, Juno VJaNCEJ RULTON, «rcond daughter ot
the late John Holm.. <f Fnvannah, Oa.
p»v»r.D»h papei* p asr copy.
Oataianlo Jot at 111,, p. M. at the (OridMOO of Mr*.
X ty, Mb* aSME T. 8*1 H, daugtte
o' Km lat« 11. tries si* t vr It* 8. Smith, ot Novdi ft.
Earthly lev, mod •jmp'*thy can but fatally *haJow forth tbe
grief t.'.at linger* about IM> grave.
Whh eUeoee only a* tbe'r benediction,
ti v gel* come.
When, i the ow great tlR cLon,
The a ul at a Cuxb f
Vein rv can ree.r t* vMii.bed trlf I tner* and th*loet d*'lgh*,
i and beautyof ahfeso telrand flsri
Iny, and Vai h ard «s«pe i Kture the peace and rert acd bhosod
re-» of h r ve• but tl r J, trre ard tho rye* o'er
fl w in the fcsfemot to p nray what Earth mu«t mourn rven In ti e
th.'U.h; wha< Heaven La* guiard. The parity and gentlenru
ch r .arac-.ei'x* J her erery thought and word, the calm lorll
which BveiavJ the OdwOBpbU e in w bh the da.ly moved, th*
graee of motive and Ihe charm of dr IghtfUl love en-i
tral eelted andbeetowed, *llthati» hvdtatla
f umahliy *aact.tleJana -nuo.lel by chilw aa faith and fervor—
tuch wae Ihe leaaon of her life, *uch the remembrance of her
Give oar team lo the dead For humanity claim
F nulU tileuce autl darkness b eeer the »%r-e
lh# h y* of tiuU World whoee eaUWoce blba
Ma/ ooi »l tlj the lean of Ute mouraert of thia.
At a rlcu I of the alow ireWn* In heartn,
A* a at i at la loal when iha daylight ifWen,
A» a *l%d ‘4reani or umi'er, wh «*h in
8*“e hath paaaeo to ihe world of the holy from this.
WMITINU BtPBK lOCeut* per t| tlre.-J W.
HAND jLBii. lit **tu *trc«t, bae I rj.vie l. Ol> oap. letter
and note paper a* 10 cute, and tUr boat at 06 rent* oer quire— 1
•till left a large l< of old Magaainee ant B.u**, which art offered I
to Uta tutakn wiUwut pilot. j*H j
T1IE BATTLE AT BETHEL.
[Tuiu, Dixib. 1
1.
S nd out the new* to West and Sooth, and spread it
through the land
Our noble boys have beat the fos at Bethel
We’ll praise and bleee, with all our hearts, tlic gallant,
giliaut baud,
Who met the foe, and beat them back at Bethel I
W.th ihiee to one assailing—
At Be'bel! Bethel 1
Th**v felt the ir courage failing
When they came nigh to Bethel 1
Hurrah hutrali! for Monday’s fight at Bethel 1
Kad glory to the noble boys whn beat the foe at Bethel 1
(Repeat latt tteo linel.)
a.
Magruder led twelve hundred men, and did not wish for
more,
To meet four thousand Lincolnites at Bethel!
Old Butler sent them out and said (some people say, he
•were)
By dinner time, he’d pet our men at Bethel l
But all his valiant troops got
At Bethel' Bothtl!
Was a hasty plate of soup—hot—
That burnt their mouths at Bethel!
Hurrah hurrah! for Butler’s f ast at Bethel!
Tue grope set all his teeth on edge the day he dined at
Bethel.
(Repeat.)
The old Xorth State was wide awake, for thero was Col.
Hill,
With all her sons who fought that day at Bethel!
The Yankee Zouaves disliked their looks, and oouldn t
stand the dri!l.
When bavoaets dished along their line at Bethel.
The wold was “Right about,’’ sir,
At Bethel! Beth-1!
And the Z 'uaves they al! pot out, sir,
Iu d' able i/uick" at Buthcl!
Hurrah! hurrah! What time they made at Bethel!
“Two-/-r'y, oh a plank, is slow, to what they did at
Bethel! _
(Repeat.)
4.
Brave Major Randolph’s Howitzers sent out their meat,
in *Ml*%
Which Yatkee stomach* didn’t like al Bethel!
The Richmond and Henrico lads rung out a peu! of bells,
’Twos music Yankees could not fact at Bethel 1
The jig went on so fast, sir,
At Bethel I Bethel!
That hack etep came at last, sir,
And they danced away from Bethel!
Hnrrah hurrah for the Yaukee jig at Bethel!
If they want another lesson,let them call again at Be’hel!
(Repeat.)
NEWS AS TELEGRAPHED TO AND FROM TUE
NORTH.
FROM 'YA'IllNOrON.
Washington, June 12 Accounts from Fairfax Cour'
House state that three companies of secessionists sud
denly lift there on Monday, on hearing of the prob
abl; advance of our troops upon the town. The water
pipes through the village and houses have been takut
oat and cast into builds for the use of the rebel army.
Ex Governor Geary, ol Kansas, has been author ;zjd
to raise a regiment in Pennsylvania of throe years mtu.
It is certain that the Indiana troops at Cumberland
were reinforced bv a regiment of Gen. Morris’s com
mind, and will ation march twenty-two milts west to
Romney, tor tbo purpose of dispersing a rebel force
rre, and that Ge eral McClellan will, within a week,
attend to Charlestown, Va. One thousand five hundred
troona are s .id to be stationed there behind entrench
ceu's, uu which 0-| iders arc mounted ltiey Lave
;u j*il two or threi t the members of the Wheeling
Couvent on, se’x d eu route.
I view of Aus ria’s r f sal to receive him, Bu lingame
it eppj.uttd M.outer to China*
ItiL Na'.uual lnte.hgencer ttys the Government wii
SD'tri uv the troop*
Wm. Hatton, a wcakhv planter and a member of tut
:-ku-.h.ru Cavalry, has been ruptured.
FROM MISSOCRI.
St Loris, June lh f he Catted S ates authorities, a
;h a-r ml, have been for w-eks a.vised of tne attempt
o enlist recruits for ha Southern army.
»Ou Men night th a aii.c Piute Valley was dr
trued at Ituucau’-i Island batiery, and sixteen person.
ijeted f om -om ‘disi pas-eng.i s and tak -u prisoners,
rn.rteen of them were subsequently in leased, r os
till held are Col. Wm J. Piestou, Edmond A. P.gne.o
and fc, lward Biancarhasaett.
T. e western »ud ol the O.-age bu lge on the Pacific
I road, n: e miles this side ol Jt I’crson City, was burned
vcsltr :-V. and the draw hit open.
U. W.’Birrett, brother ol the late Congressman Bar
r.:it, ot th Dis'rict, was arr -s’od fur aiitged tr.a on 1
i£-uid th*-*proofs against him are s'ro g, and that otb.i
Jiuineni individuals are involved in the cha'g--. B-.i
II w 11 be* brought before D. S Commissioner U ckmai
o-u y tor iiimindtion. The other persons will be
b.-ought from the arsenal, and aira gned at the sum'
time.
S x companies of Col Sigei’s regiment of volunteerr
nelougiug to Gen. I. on Brigade, left h**re last nig"
tor K hi the terminus of the S uthwe-t brunch of the
1*» tide nilroaand four additional companies for the
i'ii- eft--;.- ttioo. A squ .J of -roops will bo stationed fa
rot*-ct tLe d.ilorent bridges of the route, but the mam
rce is de.-igt.ed for action in the northern pari ol the
State.
Tne Pacilio road acd telegraph lineo will be plaited un
fit the protection of the Feder-tl troops, livery etfui.
wii bo made to ui&ku them ff.ctive.
Three steamers are low at the arsenal takirg o:
troop* whose destination is supposed to be JctJeAo.
City.
SKIRMISH IN VIRGINIA.
Cincinnati, Juno in—Cel Wallace, of the Indiana
Z jua't*, ielt Cumbi r'snd yesterday with a pottiou o'
rvgiu -.nt, and attacked a camp of tebels, number.nc
at Komnev, irgiuia, about 40 miles south of Cum
berland, a. d after a sharp fi th’, completely routed them,
rifling two, wounding one, and capturing several prison
ers, ami all their camp equipage, pruvi.-uou’, surgeon’s
sto*es, anti arm*. Too iu-ji-iuians had one man slightly
wounded. Col. Wallace returned safely to Cumberland
who his command la-t night.
FROM HAGERSTOWN.
Hagerstown, June JU —Two reasons are as igned for
t ie non-i'fvance of Gen. I’attersou’s divisiou First,
mat the L-gialature 13 in sevuon at Frederick, and that
a column from Wa-hingtcn must come by that ’-oute.
They hope tbat the Legislature wili adjour i this week
d the Government desires to keep the troops out o
M inland until after the Congressional clect.on to mor
row.
Th" action of the Maryland House of Ddegatoa in
struc ing their United States Senators to vote for the re
cognition of the Southern Confederacy, has excited a
deep sentiment among the Union men in their |x>rtion of
Muylard. Many ray that tho Federal Government
oug it to disperse the Lcgi.-lature.
FROM TEXAS AND MEXICO.
Next Orleans, June 14.—Texas advices sav Cortinas
wa* attack' d about nine miles from K-'dmoucs Itauchero,
by a force under Capt. Benavides, and completely routed.
k.Mlalg 4 01 iiis mril a.iu wuuluid^ wiuuae
escaped with about 1 >uien into Mexico.
It is understood teat a revolution is inaugurated in
Tatnaulipas.
Guerrero, tho defeated candidate ler Governor, i-*uod
s pr.iuuticiauiento removing the question as to who should
b Governor from the ballot box to the sword. Tho mi*
pres-ion was that the revolution would become general,
and Gierrero would unite his forces wi h those of Mat*
que.' and Mojica, who have been setting the Juarez Gov
eiunieut at defiance.
UIISENGKR TO EUROPE.
Xatv Yor.s, Juue 11 —To the Chief of Poiice, Bos
ton Mr. iiappeuau, a Captain of tho Confederate army,
i- o sail in the steamer to morrow, Wednesday. lie
i-the b« arer oi dispat-hes from J-tl'. Davis and also a
to u m-eiou for privateers. '1 i e>c papers ought to be
secured. John a. Kennedy,
Chief ot Police.
It thi absence of the United States Marshal and Dii
trict Aforney, Mr. An all, with u posse of police, visited
tas steamer America, u..d, after much trouble, discov
red Tra] p.nan, and asked to see his pspeis. iir.
rappei a wa- indignant, dec! ru.g himself to be the
Prussian Consul at Charleston, av be was recently, a; d
produced his paper in evidence cf tho fact, sinned by
rrxnklm Pierce. H« ai-o evtibited a passport signed
by hobert Branch, British Consul at Chariestou.
Id-- hod si-o p ipers ehowii.g tliat he was the bearer of
de-patchc- Iron* L>rd Lyon to the British gov. rnuienr,
d thrva.eneu the direst vet g'anco ot that government
if uo was in'erferud w.ih. lile suite room was searched
ut noth >i o' j c'iooaolo in character was touud, ami
.ie w as a 1 jw, d to g j u^on th steamer.
Upon returning to bu cilice olr. Auall found the follow
ing 11- pa ch:
.Saw York, June 11,1661 —To Chief Police, Boston:
Arres. a d hold w. l’ra, penan, of Charleston, 8. C
lor tr. tarn. He is to sail in the steamer to-day. Secure
nis (>op rs.
By order of the Secretary of State.
John A. Kennedy,
Superintendent of l’oiice.
The dispatch came too late, as the steamer Lad suited.
senator appointed.
Springfield, 111, June 12 h—U. II. Browning has
■eeu oppui ted Senator by {Governor Yates to fill the
vacancy Oeca-ioned by the ile-th o! Senator Douglas.
1 ROM WHEELING.
Wheeling, Judo 1 l h —Pi oeediogt :ndicatc tbit the
Convinnoa will declare the Virginia cilices vaeant, ana
m ab.ieh a Provisional Gov< ruinent. A resolution to
t'lise d D the special ord.T for Wednesday next.
Or. let. OF lilt RICHMOND a DAM ILL! R. B 00 I
l.'th June 1-61.
VT a e-eet'ng of the B.ar.l of Directors, held this day, the ft 1
1 w iei uti u were adopted
Keoive.i, 'ih.lliie Prefldiu: be autliorlird to us* tha force,
shops and lher prop*'ty and furniture of th* load for the |.ur
j. sc f a d! r lh. I Icbrai an I Plate auth .rili-s la bullJ. R
nm iilors of war, and seen other stru tu es ai they may require,
p ov d .1 It can be done without lota u. the Companv
Re.olvtd, That the President te ..irecled to re.else at par the
B .n l« of the Confederate Mate, In payment lot Ira -p. ruli n of
sold ers ann persons! Ibelr employ mini, and muniil :iu of war,
from -nd aft -r li e 15th 1: slant.
Removed, Thai Ihe Pr-si lent be direxted to (avno debt due
from iti« Company to any Government or the ill sens or Corp
rations o! anr Government at war with the Confeueiale Slates,
du-tn* the ex iten-e of the war.
Extracts fun ihe m'nu'ee.
Teste
jell_T. W. BROCKENBRODOH, gscl'y.
WANTED l.nflEDIATELY-i capable and effl
ci. nt S.RVA.N i WOMAN. Appiy to
Mrs. M> JOR SMITH.
j el S—tf fcl-hmond House.
MOTILU.
rjlHR m« OF R. B BOMc.aVll.LK A CO. ll this day dissolved
A by mituat c’nsrnt.
R. b mirville wlL c'cee up tha affsl.eof the ’ste concern,
sod coal.ouo bus.ness tl lbs isms place, on his osn account.
R. B 80MEn.TII.LB,
KRiFARO DRAY,
Rlokmjcd, Jo«t U, 1464.
TUB HmiM A* ftfSTHBI*.
Below we give the cffloul report of General Butler,
:opied from the New York Herald of Thursday, the
IIJi. It was written the night of the day on which the
,attle was fought, before the full extent of the puniah
nent hie raacala bad received was known. It adroitly
Utempts to shift the dmgrace of the defeat from him
lelf to his subordinates, aud to conceal the full measnro
jf the disaster. Several of the statements are pure ti.
iions, while others are greatly distorted by exaggerations
jr suppressions. The battery which this valiant Y ankee
estimates at from fifteen to twenty pieces conaistcd only cf
six small howitzer pieces, but two of which were ntl d.
rhe statement that the dead and wounded were all
brought off account* for their number being so under
sstimated. The fact is, they left the field and the route
strewed with both. But here is the report:
GENERAL BUTLER'S OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE
BATTLE.
IIxaiHiUARTXFi, Department or Virginia,
Fortress Monroe, June 10, 1861.
To Lieutenant General Scott:
General: Having learned that the enemy bad estab
lUbed an outpost ot eomo atr«>glh at a place called Lit
tie Bethel, a small church, about eight miles from New
port News, and the fame distance liom Hampton, from
whence they were accustomed nightly to advance both
on Newport New* and the pickot guards cf Hampton to
annoy them, aud also from whence they Lad come down
in small squads of cavalry and taken a uumber of Union
men, some of whom had the safeguard and protection of
the troops of the Unit, d States, aud forced them into
the rebel ranks, and that they were also gathering up
ihe bUvea ot citizens who bad moved away and ltli tueir
farms in charge of their Legroca, carrying them to work
in entrenchments at Williamsburg and Yotkiown, I had
determined to send up a force to drive them back and
d stroy their camp, the headquarters of which wss this
>mali church. I had also learned that at a placo a short
distance further on, on the road to Yorkiown, was an
outwork of the rebels, on the Hampton side of a place
called Big Bethel, a large Lurch, uoar the bead of the
north branch of Back river, and that 1 ere was a very
considerable rendezvous, with works of more or less
strength in process of erectiou, and from this point the
whole country was laid under contribution.
Accordingly I ordered General Pierce, who is in com*
mand of Camp Hamilton, a' Hampton, to send Duryee’e
regim-ut of Z :uaves to be ferried over Hampton Cretk
at one o’clock this morning, and to march by the road
up to New Market bridge, then crossing the bridge, to
go bv a bv-road, and thus put the regiment in the rear
of the enemy, aud between Big Bethel and Little Bjthel,
m part for the purpose of cutticig bitn off, and then to
make an attack upon Little Bethel. 1 directed General
Pierce to support him trout Hampton with Col lowr.s
ond's regiment, with two mounted howitzers and to
march about an hour later. At the same time 1 directed
Col l’bt lps, command ug at Newport News, to send out
i battalion, compos 'd of such companies of the rigi
meDts under hia command as he thought lies', under
••ommacd of L-euteuaut Oclonel Washburn, in ame to
mxke a demonstration upon Little Bethel in from, and
o have him supported bv Colonel Betidns icgiment,
with two field i-.ce*. H.'udix’s and Town^cd's reg
meats should «fleet a juuct.m. at a folk of the road lead
i: g from Hampton to Newport News, BGtSptning like a
mile and a baif from L’tle Bethel. I diiecied the Kirch
•o c so timed that the attack should be mad-; j ivtat
Javbre.'.k, and that after the attach mad upoa Little
11 -thel Ibirvce’s regiment aud a regiment from Newport
,.-,i _nrum KaoIiI Ot till*
fugitives if they were ena'ded to cut .h m oft’, aud
»i? ik tile bilterv on tbe road to Big Bethel, while cov
r d bv the fugitives; or, if it whs thought expedient by
General Bierce, failing to surprise* the esmpat Little
Bethel, they should attempt to take tbe work near B g
Bethel. To prevent the possibility of m.stake iu the
Urkneffl, I directed that uo attack should be mads until
iio watchword should be shouted by the attacking regi
ji. nr, and, i.i case that by any mistake iu tee march the
egitn*-' ts that were to make tho Junction should uncx
•tctedly meet and be unknown to each other, aleo direct
ed that'tho members ol Col. Townsend’s r< giment should
■e known, if iu da itght, by something wuito woru ou
t,a arm The troops were accordingly put in motion a*
irdere-1, and the march was so timed that Colonel Bur
e hid go' in the position uoteu upon the accompany
ing sketch, and Lieuteuant Colonel Washburn, in com
.laud ol Uie t*giment Ironi Newport New-, bad got into
h- posi'iou indicate d ujion tbe sketch, and Colonel Bun
l x’s r- giment bad been posted and ordered to held the
io.lt ot the road, with two pieces ol artillerv, and Colonsl
rowusend’s regimeut had got to tbe place iudicatcd judt
hind, and were about to form a junction as the day
dawned.
L’p to this port the plan had bern vigorously, ac
-urately and suceesfuily carried out; but here, by nitre
rang' fatuity, anti as yet tit explained blunder, w.tbout
my won! of no.i e, wtiile Colonel Inwneend w.as iu col
inn «n routs and when tho head ol tho column wa.«
*tnin one hundred tards, Col B-rodix rt-g u.?ut opene 1
ire with both artilUry and musketry upou Col Town
-nd’s column, which, in tbe hurry and coufus-on,
regularly returned bv some ot Col. Townsend's m«*n,
.ho f-ar.-d that they'had f.lieu into an ambuscade
’olou 1 Tow.’isenu’s column imraudiuely retreated to the
minence near by, and wora not pu sued by Corontl
ifetidn's men. By ’his almost ctin. ual Plunder iwotnsn
of Colonel Townsend’s regiment were kilbd, at.d sight
more or loss woenut-i.
Hearing this cannonading and nring In bis rear, Lieu
•ennui Colonel Washburn, not kuowiug bet tost hie
communication might be nut off, immed.auly reversed
ns m irch, as did Colonel Bur-ec, aud marctied baik to
'orin a junction with his reserves.
General Pierce, who was with Colonel Townsend’* re
giment, fearing mat the enemy had got notice of our ap
proach, and had po.-t«d Limwll iu force on the lice ol
march, and not getting tn» communication from Colour 1
Burree sent I ack to me lor {eiufor<'eraent8, a.id I im
ur Jiately ordered Colonel Alim's regiment to he put iu
uotion, and they reached Hampton aoout a vec o'clock
Iu the meantime the true state of facts bating been as
ertained by General Pierce, tbe regiments eff-xwd a
inaction, and resumed lire line of march. At tbe mo
ment of the firing of Colonel Bendii, Colonel Duryee bad
surpri-cd a part of an outlying guard of the enemy,
ons sting of thirty perrons, wuo have been brought ru
to me.
O. course by this firing ail hop? of a surprise shove
the camp at Little Bt the l was lost, end, upon marching
ipon it, it wus found to have been vacated, aud ’-he cav
.irv Lad pressed on toward Big Bethel. Colonel Duryt-e,
nowever, destroyed the camp at Little Bethel and ad
vanced. General Bierce then, a? he informs ice, with
lie advice of hi- Colonels thought best to attempt to
srry ih« work- c.f the euemy at Big Bethel, and made
di-po-itions to the! effect. Ihe at'Sck commenced, as 1
uu inlormed—for 1 have no' vet received any official re
port—about half-pas', nine o’clock.
At about ten o'clock General Bierce rent a uoin to roe
-Hying that there wan a sharp engauemeul with Uro
enemy, and that be thought he should he able to main
tain his position until reinforcements could coma up.
Anting upon this inlorraMlou, Colonel Carr’s regiment,
which had been ordered ia the morning lu proceed a
lur as Newmarket Biidge, was allowed to go forward. I
received this information, for which 1 had sent a spt
uial messenger, a-nut twclro o’clock. I itumediat’ ly
made disposition from Newport News to h-avo Colonel
Phelps, from the four rrgiments there, forward aid if ne*
--urc. As soon es these orders could be (>eiit for
warl, I repaired to Hampton for the purpose of ha»t;g
o-oper ambulances and wagon for the sick and wound
pd, intending to go forward and Join tho command.
While the wagons were going forward, a mceaenger
same, announcing that the engageuicut had term
nated, and that the troops weie retiring in good
order to camp. I remained upon the ground at
Hampton, personally seeing tho wounded put in boats
vud towed rognd to tbe hospital, and ordering forward
Lieut. Morris, with tsc boat howitzers, to cov r tbe
roar of tbe returning column in ousc it Rh uld be attack
'd. Having been informed that the mi munition of ihj
irttlicry had been expended, and seeing tho head of tue
rolumn approach Hampton in good order, I w.iitcd for
fieueial I’id'-oa to onaie up. I am informed by him that
:ho dead und wounded had all beeu brought off, and that
h j return had been conducted in order, imd witbnut
i is to. 1 learned from him that the men behaved with
jr at steadiness, with the exception ol some instances,
md hat the attack was made with propriety, vigor and
;ourag», hut that th-i enemy were found to he suppaitcd
iy a b ttery, variously estimated as ol from fi.teoo to
weu'v piece?, some of which were rifled cannon, which
were very well s- rved, and protected trom being readily
:urnod by a era. k in front.
Our lo-s is very comidnrable, amouotirg perhaps, to
F'rty or fifty, a quarter part of which you will see was
from the untortuaate mistako—to call it by no worse
iame—of Colonel Bcndix.
I will, as soon as cffi.ul returns can begot, give a fill
er detail of the aUa r, and will only add now that we
bavii to r- grot especially the death of Li ut Greblo, of
ih« Secondartill ry, who weut out with Col Washburn,
ram Newport News, and who very efficiently aid g*.l
Im’.iy fought his piece until he was struck by a cannon
ihot. 1 will endeavor to get accurate sat-.incuts to for
ward by the n< xt mail. I ihiuk in tho unfortunate coin
lira ion of c’r.umstanoes, and the result which we cx
n<rim ced, wo have gained more thau we have lost. Our
iroops have learned to have cotli lence iu themselves tin
ier fire, the enemy have shown that they will not meet
ns in tho open field, and our officers have learned where
in their or [auiztiiou and drill are inefficient.
While waiting for the official leports, I have the honor
!0 submit thus tar the information ot which I am pos
vcsacd. 1 have ths honor io bo,
Moat respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
BENJ. F. BUTLER, Major General commanding.
COMMENTS OF TUE NORTHERN PRESS.
from ihe lia'tleore Ixolarge, June 12.
General Butler has already received a foretaste of the
W' rk that is before him. His first exploit of capturii g a
pump was happily conceived and heroically executed. His
success in seizing and confiscating a'ray negroes h*
“contraband of war” w«s equally great. Animated to
fie»h txertion? by these most astounding achievement*,
and disirousof wreathing his victorious brows with lau
rels of a lees questionable kind, he finally conclu led to
set out in search of Dew adventures. As, however, the
risk of capturing Haves was far less than what might ba
i x peeled in an attempt to capture their former masters,
B:igaditr General Butler wifely deUrinined to crsconse
hiai-elf safely behind the walls of Fortress Monroe, and
leave to General Pierce and bi* subordinate ofti rers all
h i perils attendant upon tbe new conquest, of which he
felt certain of being adroit enough to mouopclizj all the
glory. Alas, for Brigadier G neral Butler! The five
thousand iroops which wrre to open for him the wav to
Torktowu, moving in separate detachments fell afoul of
each other tu the darkness, and commenced a battle
imong themselves The patriotism of the native Ameri
can rtgiiuent had not stamina enough to resist the onset
of their German auxiliaries. The Albanian* inglorious!*
fi -'d, leaving “tbe foreign element” masters of the field.
Fhe loss from this cianoe encounter is said to have beea
two killed and nine wounded. When the “oiUtakt” wu
due*****. 4»i •ipUaatlw ui toitatt
exchanged, the entire fore# poabed on toward* Tort
town, or rather toward* Great Bethel, on the Yorktown
road,’where the Confederate force*, to the number of
fl oen hundred men,wore said to be eucamped. One report
bu it that General Butler bad made a vow “to *le«p In
Yorktown tvat night or resign." lu the di*patoh of the
Associated Prow, “revised and corrected by Geuersl
Butler in person," there is no mention whatever of this
interesting fact; but we do lesrn that the “mistake”
which brought the Albanians and Germans into conflict
occurred at the village of Little Bethel, which was
promtiy destroyed by fire, not because it bad offered r«
Hstance, but because it had been the scene of the disa*
ter.
It was not until this noble and humane act bad been
satisfactorily accomplished, that the troops, “re-formed,
marched *gain*t Great BetheL Th*t they were r-pulsed
with great slaughter is reluctantly admitted by General
Butler himself, who reports the killed at twenty-five and
the wouuded at one hundred—other accounts put the
killed at one hundred and the wounded at double that
number. The blame is of course, attributed to General
Pierce, who is charged by Butlar with having “lost bis
presence of mind," but great credit, is given to Lieut.
Ool. Butler for bringing off the killed and and wounded;
and we are gravely told that since the battle General
Butler has boon “ubiquitous,” which proTt s conclusive
ly that he can be n imoy different places at one and at
the same time, although we do not hear of his having
yet been seen at Great BethtL
fVrom the Halt mors Repobllean, 14'.h.l
The Dutch seem oetter soldiers than their brother Ab
olitionists, as it is said thry fired upon a regiment of
their brethren in the midnight raid cf Gen. Butler and
the America».» 11 d from them iu terror. It is true the
Dutch were very poor shots—having find nine rounds
and only killed one man, according to Butler's statement.
But if the Dutchmen were poor stiote, what can be said
of the courage of the Albany regiment, which fl. d from
a supposed enemy, when only one man had been shot
This whole story is incredible. That a thousand men
rhould, within fair striking distance, fire upon a s milar
body nine rounds—nine (h'lHtaiid ehott—and only kill
one man, is a r.ory winch Abclitionisis may believe,
it comrs from their party, but reasonable men can hardly
swallow so monstrous a story.
from the Philadelphia PreM, l!lh.
We have learned a lesson in Southeastern irginia,
and experience has churged us an unusually dear price.
Some three or four thousand troops lull Fortress Mon
roe on Sunday night, for the purpose of taking a rebel
battery at a place called Great Betbrl, about nine m Its
from H rmptou. The erection of the battery was vi
dently put of a plan to environ the fortress, and to
strengthen the defensive works of our enemies. It was
foui d, on making the attack, that the Federal troops
were not able to cope with the well fortified rebels,
iheir aitillery was ir<ftkieot, and they wers comp lied
to retire before the rill d cannon of tbe Virginia troops.
Our own loss was heavy. Nothing is known about the
ri b. is, but, as they were well entreuobed behind masked
batteries, it is probable thy oecvped wi'hout loss.
We have before us two statements of this melancholy
affair. It is evident that there lias been an unpardonable
e-ror somewhere. By a misunderstanding of the order;,
two of our own regiments engaged in a conflict, each
Under the impression that the ether was of the Rebel
foroe. Several shots were interchanged, and many brave
men were wouudeu and uiaiu before the mistake was cor
rected. We are told that General Pierce lost his presence
of niiud on the field of battle, and the inference is that
to him tbs disaster of tbe day is owing. This ratement
;5 mails, however, on the unconfirmed authority of a
telegraphic reporter, and justice to Gen. P.erca requires
ua to await the fact* h* .'ore we pass an opinion ou hie
oenduet. We caunot conceive how o foioo to poorly
equipped and apportioned, lacking in artiii ry and the
Ul au
r».*en Mat on an errand 1 ke that undertaken by the com
mand of General Butler.
We hope wo snail hare no more blunders in this cam
paign The moral tfTect of a repulse like that cf Moo
day will be wonderful among the Southern people. The
iives of our vojimte-rs are too precious to be sacrificed
in fruitless sabies, or by the ignorance or misapprehen
sion of those comm tn dog them. V/e deplore this die*
miter, and mourn the melancholy fate of tee brave men
who luve (alien; but it teaches discretion to those io
authority, tad snows our soldiers that rashness is not
valor, nor reckless daring true military courags. The
>s*on will not be without iw uses, however dearly we
rasy have paid for it.
[Prom the Philadelphia Inquirer, 14th.]
It is somewhat premature to criticise the causes of the
calamity at Great Betht-I, on Monday tnoruiug last, and
therefore defer formal comment; but we will be hap
pily surprised if the full particulars do not furnish abun
dant means to point and confirm the remarks we made a
few days ago upon the raiii'ary appointments “not fit to
be made.” Our Executive authorities must be compelled
by the overpower!: g force of public opinion, to co mit
the guidance of the field movements of our troops to
the educated Olliers of the regular Army, or the dr
piorab e event of Monday may prove to be bun the be
ginning ot a bid end. While the asiute chieftaica of the
Kebel Government areofftrirg premiums for regular!)
educated officers, our War Dcper.nnoit is perilling the
livrs oi our or».c man bv placing them in i hargs of po
litical incomp-'tents The Cwi.f"'** raws take their trained
(jintairs anl Majors, and wisely make toe*. Lionels and
Generals, ooefi are their I.ees, Braggs at. J Beauregards.
Hut our War Mini-tor l-»'oC tbs educated and trie 1 offi
cers just as no ti"ds them— I.;ct.ton*nu, Captains and
d .jots—and sei ks for his Colonels and Qeuf-rais in su--.
matt rial as Fctriken and tsau icr-on. Central Cummicgs,
wo believe has not yet been commissioned, and who is
responsible (or Gen. Pierce we are not yet informed.
xroo u'.j Piilla'le ph 4 Ledger, UJi.
The affair at Bethel appeals to -is to show a degree of
bhindertr g which must be attributed to *ctiiinc, e»«
than tee want of skill in tbu officers. Over three thou
P«ud men start out wv night to unmask som- I a'terie*
which the rib.!i, it was believed, had e.-setod between
Hampton and Yorktowu, outside of G-;o. Butler's iineu
at Furtre.-s 1! onroe. The daugrr of night attacks Is that,
unless great caution is observed, the columns, if in de
tichcd commands, are liktiy to encounter each other,
fhls is tue .u. n this sfftir, and t»o of the New York
rrgiments attacked each o.ktr in the supposition that
they were encountering the enemy. This tnistiF-,
which might have produced mu h mischief, was disoov j
sred in time, btdore any great it jury wai done. Bat the
event does not seem to have induced greater caution,
for wa M,d the commund.-r, Gen. Bierce, attacking a
marked battery of th rty fid. d cannon without apparent
ly known g i's power or strength, though these, proba
blv, could have been tested belore the assault a as or
d» red, ft is a difficult matter, at this distance from the
•ceue of op rat'fl.s, to criticise the judgment of the offi
cer in command; but au thu soldiers who were engaged
in the isffiii condemn th ir cfiicer, it seems highly prob
able that their condemnation is based upon subs antial
rci»on«, for they very soon find out the qualifications oi
l eir leaders when they see them tested in tb ft id.
The Bethel affair is an important one for it is the firs:
rebuff to a series of well planned and tk.llfu'ly ex.-cutcd
movements by G-aera! Itu'ler a: that imp .riant r,d of
t.:c line oi op< .it;ous against the enemy. That this live
Gmoral aud the seaside and clear-sighted Commander
will repair this temporary disaster, we have net the least
doubt, lor with promptitude he combiius the (acuity of
knowing how to tet and when to act, haring shown him
s«>lf hither u equal to any emergenev or any duty requir
ed ol him. Til** repulse, we lioiie, will be a le.-sou lu.l of
wise iu.-truciion«.—It will induce regiments to grttid of
incompetent officers ar.d to place men of known quahfi
citions aud ckid in comtnano.
Prom tl.J New York Trl'.une, lJlh.1
o do not Lt-ucve Gen. Uutier ordered an at
tack by wearied troops, having but moor three guns,
on uo entrenchment or breastwork bristling with art
I;ry Nor da we believe Gen. ll-tler ord red an attack
on such a poM ion in ignorance o( its rial strength. We
presume the officer in command of the expedition wss
tired by h an resolvs to efface the recollection of l ie
ini’ial cisa.-ier iu the brilliancy of his ultimate achieve
ment, at.d was thus imp--Led to exceed his orders. Aud
the galiautry cf our bravo w Icutur* would ba»e wrest
ed victory from fortune had it been possible to flstik the
enemy’s pori iou. As it was, heavier guus and more of
them were indispensable, and the. attack necessarily
fail'd
L--t ua r.ot los? tho lesson.
There are some who talk of a war cf posts and skirm
ishes— of strategy aud and endurance. This iajlure is
an answer to ail such. Behind a brcaatwork, poor sol
diers are nearly equal to good ones, since flight is ofteu
more dangerous man persistence, while discipline goes
for little good matkemansbip is the main point. No,
the Union is not to be saved by any system of party
warfare. If we have no bolter recourse, we may as
will give it up.
‘‘Ab!"»sy» a shrewd one, "you waut General Scott
to (Her buttle, whether he is ready or not." No, sr;
we want him not to give battle till be is perfectly ready,
lie uudetstands all that business a great deal better
than we do or ever will. But vs do want Atm to be at
the /wad of a free with which he can not on' y-ffer battle
when he thinki fit, but compel the en‘\ny to accept it.
Tbit is the whole story. It be thinks 60.0011 men
enough to w«!k right over the refills, thou 60 000 be
it, in spite ot our demurrers. If be wants 100,000
immediately in hand, let that bo tho number. If
2tl0,000, say the word, and let them be forthcoming at
the carli« at possible day. But, iu any case, let the re
quisite nunrer be mustered forthwith, and "Forward,
March!” bo the word until the rebels are chased into
Texts, and the rebellion pul down. If we are w ipped
in a lair tight, let us give it up, and make our peace ac
cordingly. But let us get ready forthwith to do our best,
and, being ready, let ua make the shortest possible work
ot this tieaeon. Guerrilla warfare is formidable against
weak or purposeless commanderr; Napoleon in person
w’S never troubled by it. Th-s Geuciul who knows how
to win a great battle knows how to compel his adversary
to fight one. And it is only by great battles—at least,
by movements that lock to and offer such—that this re
bellion is to be extinguished.
So much for the lesson of Great Beth-I.
[F,-om the New Turk Times cf the 2.h j
an expedi ion thus literally and ngjralively
in the d rk could only end in dis.ster. Setting aside,
indeed, all dictates of iniii.ary science, the plainest com
mon sense would presuppose some knowledge of th ad
versary thus sought iu t e darkness; of the ground over
whi. h the advance we3to be made, and the nature ot the
obs'acks 1 k* ly to be enfiountered. Signals establish
ing th friendly character of detachments approsc'iiog
each otter might have been suggested by ord nary
sound judgment, uninstruced in tho maxims of tic-iar,
Frederick and Jorniti. But our leadeis seem to have
had neither sense nor science. Regardless o the lives
they were haxarding, they flung the elite of the army
they commanded into f e hands of the enemy, which if
it had followed up its advantages might bavo cut the re
treating forces to pieces. Hid Gen. Butler bad ordinary
prudence, or his subordinate, Gsn. Pierce, courage aud
presence of mind, the calamity would have been spared.
Bat neither seems to have supp'ied the absence ot mili
tary experience, with the simplest exhibition of previs
ion, pn c* cal judgment, and soldierly conduct; aud hence
this m sctiievoua reverse.
Gavirnineut, we cannot donbt, will make thorough in
quiry into tbs affair. If tbe facts be as they appear
upon a first presentation, the sooner the braoo of Mum
ebuatta kwflMN in HmtasM iMf li^M 1*U
ioe«, rr plication*, and darnur run —tba patty war fax of
the bar, at which they am expert—ib* betrar it will ba
(or the conutiy. It i» possible web men might in lima
ba schooled iuto generalship, but tha adu -alioo U too
roatly. The people will not content that their beat and
bravest—th* patriots win Drat baateued to tbo protec
tion of the Union, aud the soldier* who. in the very hour
cf purU, proved ho e much two valuable they are to be
thus aac’r Deed—shall be squandered to couveri political
hacks info heroes, aud to oalance aud adjust the chances
of a future Presidential campaign. We must here lead
en worthy of our men, or the army will petish through
ra kleas slaughter, or melt away through disgust and de
dunoraliaUion. Let the administration ace to it.
from the tame of the 1»J>.
Before recording anything more than an Interlocutory
judgment upon the di-aster near Yorktown, justice re
quires us to await the official despatches of Gen Butler.
1-oat these ha 1 not reached Wastir,g:ou as promptly as
the detailed accoui ts of nnwspaper t orrespondents is the
occasion of surp ins. Ti e probability is, however, that
d -n Buth.r was indisposed to let his report of the mis
hap go forward without the palinode of a subsequent sue
c«s-' Rtrd that when he shall be heard from he will have a
Ul.t'of vindicated honor to tell. While, therefore, we re
tain tho impret-eion conveyed by the first rumor of the
bu-'iie-s—an impression extremely unfavorable to tba
m litarv skill and good judgment of thoae who ordered
aid conducted the unfortunate exp dltion, it is only rea
uible to suspend a final opinion until the effi .era have
made their deicnce.

While, therefore,wo cannot on such evidence as ia
now public, atquit Gen. Htmia of imprudence, and sub
ordinate officer of stupidity and cowardice, it it fair to
siy that a measure of the responsibility is to be ascribed
to an improvidence for which they are not answerable.
It is on!? to be regretted, that with a knowledge of such
fatal ficienciea, the commanders should have conducted
their operations os if no such dcficicnci-is existed.
From the New York Daily News.
The cot flint at Bethel, a name suggestive of
other thoughts than of slaughter, initiates the campaign
in Virgini Who cau tell me long list of engagements
that arc to foiiow, unless an unlocked lor and providen
tial interposition anall arrest ti e Umb o drama of fratri
cidal hate and mu ual destruction? Have our rulers no
aibiter but the sword, and no terms but submission to
propose to those who are their brtihrou Where is the
conciliatory and affecting spirit which pervades the last
wordsjjf conned that Washington and Jackson left as le
gacies* to tbt-ir countrymen
We have rnsny other extracts from Northern papers,
but the foregoing are sufficient to show how tbenewe was
received. Ti e New York Ueraldsays the “rebels” had cou
e ructed an entrenched catnp, comprising mi ba'terirs of
r Had cannon and siity-dght twcive-pcur.d bowitxert-; and
in another place the same paper alludes to tho "capture of
12,000 rebtU," and siicnt joyously—“Butler is evidently
tae right man in the right piace
Tit* BALTIMOES RXPPBLICASS ACCOCRT.
The following account is from the Baltimore Repabli
cm of Wednesday afternoon. There are inaccuracies in
it, one of which is the overstatement oi the (loufede
nuc loss. Tue loss of the Federalists is put down at 4**0,
in killed, wounded and missing, which ooincides with tbo
accounts we have received from Yorktown, and is, we
doubt not, correct:
By the arrival this morning of the steamer Georgean
na, Captain Pcar-on, from Fortress Monroe, we are
poss esion of additional particulars relative to the l*to
h title, and the further details show thet the defeat of
the Federal iroops has been mora complete and di-aa
trous than was at firat reported. The deta'la, as they
come to hand from other sourcos, attest that the victory
of the Virginians is one of uncommon brilliancy, aud
the repulse of the Federal troop* equally disastrous and
disgraceful.
Among tha regulars at tha Fortress, great surprise
in/9t<m«tinn w..rn f c* s..s*H fh it Unfit r hoilld l.ATC
permitted so largo a force to Ieavo on this expedition,
without himself accompanying them. Both the effi -era
and men of ths regiments engaged, a* a general thing,
are the subjects of very uncomplimentary observation*
ou the part of the regulars, who claim that all the fight
ti.g that wis dons was by ths lew artillerists who ac
companied them.” Tho m:?k.kj," as it is official y
termed by Butler, through which Ool. Bendix’s German
Regiment defeated Col Towns«nd’* Aloany K-guncct,
the latter having ingloriously dod in the wildest confu
si *n, upon tho tali of ihrtt of their men, is a subject of
universal ridicule.
Butler condemned Pierce as tho cause of their defeat,
and Pierce attempts to throw the odium upon Major
Wiutbrop, ho, hs charges, gave tho order w hich ex
posed the troops to the fatal tiro of the Oonf-d--ra'ea—
whilo all, ex-ept Butler nimsslf, tbkk he should have
led the expedition. The life e. Mejor Wiutbrop is yet
a matter of doubt. He was at liri-t supposed to h»vc
beeu k-Ue-j. as he was nursing when the repulsed Fed
eral troops made «n ir.3-.ir7 into tbs ex'ent of their lo«s,
upon arriving a: Hampton, alter a rapid retreat of over
eh'btmiic* However, as no one, so far as can bs as
certained, >t» bin fall, various cot jectures now account
for ins absence—some tbiolf be was killed, some that he
wis *akeu prisoner, and o'ltars that be is hiding in the
woods, near the scene of tbeir defeat.
It is stated positively at Hampton that Col. J. B. Ma
"ruder was in command of the Confederate forces, which
ooriristed of one artillery corps, with one hundred men
an -ix nieces, a cavalry corps of one hundred, and three
hundred rticmcu ».u infantry—lire hundred in all. AU,
j are me cavalry, wero aa advance force f;om Vorktowu,
lu I were ecg .ged in'erecting a brtt- ry wLeru the engage
•;,ent to*u place, to intercept tie Cdvlccc of Bntb.-ou
Vo ktown. About two utiles fro-n Great Bethel the lore-
,,f Fierce d; covered two of the cavalry, which was liom
llsmp'on, doing duty as pick' W.
T'"»; euccvftk'1 iu capturing one of them, who 7‘<'*v0-1
to be Captaiu tVbiting, and who is said to have allowed
bituseil io i.e uuin, or j«r to enable his comr.dj to
e cape, to leach tile >,au.p, ana rcpo.t ,Lc rppronch ol
the i-nomy to Colonel Jkgrud -r. liis comrade started
at ftp speed to give the alarm, wher. the pursuer* It-ed
H-vcral ahotsatl.iru, and allbougu supposed to be wound
ed, as he fell upon the neck of bis hor.-e, be succeeded iu
reaching the Confederate cimp and ensol d Ool. Migru
d r to hssti'y prepare for batHo before h:senrmy came up.
He bad previously burned the bridge, and km men
i»eie er.gag d ia digging a trei cb and throwivg up
breastwor 3, wl.cn the wounded picket announced tba
rapid approach of ths foe. Oh is then planted his six
pieces near the bti.k of the stream—lour in ths Irout
rank and the other two a short distance iu tbs rear, ou
tho hill side, with his r'.li -men and infantry in the un
finished trench, aud his cavalry thrown back as a re
serve.
Ihe Federal tror.p3 moved up to the opposite sids of
the stream, with three pieces in tho trout of tho col
urou, commanded b, Lieutenant Gf*h!e, apparently un
aware of the position of the Oulederare force*, until
they had opened on them with their ar il|ery, rill :s and
musketry. The shock was to great that tho advance
calum f< II back in great confusion, leaving their dead
and wounded where they fell.
Lieut. Greble then planted his battery in a piece of
wood*, on one side ol the road, by which thsy ha 1 ap
pro c‘ied, and the principal portion ol Pierct’s command
rushtd iato this wcod, where tiny were lormed for bat
tle. Col. Duryce's Zouaves took a position in and be
hind a burn ou the opposite side of the road, where the
land was cleared, but Col. Magrudcr's artillery soon dis
lodged them and drove them out.
The rapid and effective fire of the Confederates into
the woods soon th.ew the Federal troop* again into oon
fu-bn, and silenced £the battery of Lieut. Greble, Col.
Mnwmd -r h.-ivini- moved two ol hi* four front rar.k (runs
farther up ih« hi!l, so that he was enabled to rake the
Federalists, from three points, with s crciw-tire.
The Gonfedera'o loss, as reported, was three men killed
end ten or twelve wouuded, while the leas of General
Fierce is nearly or quite four hundred, in killed, wounded
and missing.
Colonel Duryee, ard Captain Kilpatrick, of his regi
ment, a.e ea.d to have borne themselvas with marked
bravery, and in vain otUimp'ed to indue: their Zouave
regiment to maintain their position. Captain Kilpatrick
was wouuded in the leg by a cannon ball, the sam-i
having carried eff one of Colonel Towrsecu’s cpvulet'.es
before striking Captain K. Ilia wounds are considered
dangerous. The low of theZiuaves was seven kil.ed.
fortv-two wounded, and fifteen missing.
Colonel Townsend, of the A bwv regiment, driven to
de-peration hv the di-'grace attached to bis command
from thier ‘brush” with Colocel Bendix’s Gs mens, if
said to have cyhibi.ed a rsckleas daring, in trying to re
gain the good nams they bore before they b id been tried,
aud it was deemed wonderful that Celonel Townsend es
caped unhurt. The Federal troop* charge that the
greater portion of their ollicers acted very badly, saving
themselves by biding behind the larger trees in the
woods.
The stream which separated them from the Confede
rate forces is only some eighteen or twenty yards in
width, yet no cfloit was made to cross over to Col. Ma
grudei's battery. When the order was at length giveD
to retreat, the Federal troopa started in wild confusion,
and Col. Magruder ordered his cavalry to pursue them,
which they did with deadly effect, and also secured a
number of prisoners. The civairy followed them seve
ral miles, seriously barreling the rear of the retreating
army.
During yesterday no movement took place either at
Foriress Monroe, Hampton, or Newport News, Butler’s
command being entirely occupied iu grieving over their
deleat, aud each r gtmsnl eudeavoring to shift the dis
grace thereof upon the other. Tbo question to be set
thd among them is not which did the most to prevent
deleat—but who were the greatest coward*. All who
were nor of t^-c party concede to the whol: force this
latter claim. Butler himself was so much occupied with
his grief that he even omitted to “sneer” the vis iters
yesttrday.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE OF TIIE NEW
YORK HERALD.
Vr.ui the Herald of lath.
Washington, June 12, 1801.
THK PLANS or GX.NtltAL SSOTT.
Tbe revelations in regard to the plans of Gen. 8cott,
made within the last few days by the Old Hero him elf
to several prominent public men, indicate bis intention
to make a campaign in Kastera Virginia that will be
short and effective, and at the same time involve the
least possible bloodshed.
The movements c.f the various eorp* d'armee that have
already begun, ai d are about beginning, the work of
crushing out rebellion in the Old Domiuion, appear slug
gish to the uninitiated; but as soon as the cordon
of armies that have been forming duiing *tbe Ust
three weeks around the insurrectionary portions of Vir
ginia shall be completrd, the Federal troops will rapid/
pr* ss upon Richmond from the west, north, eas’, and
routh. The L’uion columns will quh kly move towards
ihs hothel of secession, and by their overwhelming
numbers and superior appointments force tbe rebels into
a at ady retreat. Such, at least, are the expectations
of the Commander-in-chief, whose plans are beard upon
a more intimate knowledge of the strergib aud coudi
tioa of the enemy than is gem rally supposed. He
knews positively that Jefferson Davie cannot poeaibly
bring more than tilty thousand men into the field; that
it will be Impracticable for tbe rebel ch'ef to eonoentrate
twenty-fire thousand men at any one point without I
pMtef HU* the* ttw OmmWiH«i
tod Medical D< pirtmsntx of tbe Invurg-mu .r* I
plorabl* cond tioa—11 abort, that the odd* >r* v,
aa to rendar th* retail of tha campaign aoytbi* fl
doubtful. 1
uoaa raoop* okkiiio to wurriaa moiau rang 'jj
Hi* m'»ra Olio regim*m* hare teen gtj ;ij
Weetern Virginia from Camp Dmnison, rear c, Mf l‘1®
Th< y will immediately pro.;.-«i to clean th® tall.
Kauawba river of eecewtionuta.
cninn roana oboahixixo ia wtrrra* riaotau
Acci riing to thy progra i me agreed upon r.y it.,
eramrut an 1 th® lerd*ra of ttu
Weatern Virg nia, tight r®g merit* of Union
will be immediately orgti.ia -d iu that portion of
Dominion, and armed and equ pped by th- F dW|
thorities. Aa eoon aa they will hat® atum«d an
couditiou, the tioopa from the otbar State*,
the army of protection, will commence opera'i...,
of the Kanawha river, with a »i»w to o-i'lu.g ff,,
road communication between Eastern Virgi...* 4
Lessee.
T«a (ZPtniTioa to (nvraan'a ratar.
The brigade, ou.-i-u g of thr»® o.u.n,. r
rilu'i erra, the rennaylrania FintandXe* y v
regiments and some cavalry and artill. ry, th,
on Monday morning tor Edward's F. rry,
miles North of this point, has dout.il .-ally o-:
point era this.
The extensive contraband trade that ha* Ut tl a»
carried on be.wn: n M-ryiai d ai d Virginia ,t
will be (topped oy iben. The fict ih... a
of btats were yeateroay sent up the cant, i® t
from Georgetown indi ated au tutnri. n v>.
Federal troops to lbs Virg nia side L r«.hu
mile* from the opposite lauding, and i* knexa to u
by a sn.a 1 lorca of rob« 1* o r
raor»asoR low* oKnxRrn to rouTar-s u
Prof, seer Lowe was lo-diy orderr-i to p
diately with hi* balloon to Fortrr-• Monro*. T
prevent bia intended rteonnois«ance iu ti.
tux oaaaisox at tux capital.
Kotwltt (landing tb« withdraw tl i
Monday morning, the garrison of t..« cap.:*.
si* s ol nearly twenty-lire* thousand treup
seventeen Northern r giicents.
TH* TRARaPORTATtOX SXKVICX.
There was another laigs arrival ol h..i.«r and r
from the North this morning The Tram .r
panmeat brre now coasts;* of nearly aerm b. ,(1
wsgous, twenty-live hundred horses and mul.»,
one theusaud men.
aac*Kaoissaaca or Syria rarvx nr a mtai K«n<
tux xxw Tor.* (iVxxrT-nssr RxiiiarsT
Wa.-Hixuros, J iij
Twenty-two member* of company F, (T*;
Serenty-firsmN' w York) regiment, will in
fur Aij iix Creex, on the i’<aio<r Moon’ W-r.i
der to reconnoitre and di’ci'le I’pvn the mr.. I
one and rtllaMo place to land troo) a T [I
lh<? names of thos-.* on the *te»m-r: t- rg j
K. Frith Corpor.il, R Monroe Cirri
Haraui l heabury Room*', It-rerly Clark*, J,..
Hull, George 11. Sateu, II if <k'fv ..r. -i
G'Org® Mc'^oppin, Jowph V7. Bow-rs, W F ii
George E Fi ke, J. W. F.agls'on, T i hrr.,*it| i„
A. Chtpman, Harry M. Mill k...«, Geo:-> f llta J
B Luce, Kdwiu F. Gillett, W. B. Towu*. r
kirk.
osvkral *icklx*' natuanx rr roi.rxrxtat.
To* I’ro-ideiit having ac- epird ti e ti e rtf ,i
voiuuMer* uuder Geitcrel HickK-a, an order «u u.ilt
issued by th® Svcretiry of War jo in j--.r b. v
the servic® of the United State* for three jeur-, u l*r
ing the war.
ths ao*TO* iri3H tiRtriAiiv kt r.i-m
The services of the Boston In.-.. Il i;.r.d> ^wtu g I
Furteenth regiment, hsve be-n ac -.-pi-d lb# 0; J I
tion that they report at Htrriabu-g w th n u-r: I- y»
HXaDQCaRTCR* OP TH« DBPAaTUKMT OP THE Wrvy J
T.i® Sort* ol Mu-sum; Laviig bm u aad< d tn G< orra! I
MoClelland’a department, the ht-adii larterg of !l I
ptrment of the YV eot are removed ir jm St. Louis to r.rt
Leavenworth.
ABUT OFFICERS STRlCEIX FitOU THE EUll.
The War DeyxfUBcnt hits mu. red w.e foEpfia*
oani-ii tflijerv 10 be stricken ftotn t .a roll*
Captain Tyler, Second dragoon*, lor !ot>» Uj
command of at d desert;; g hil pest at For- k r.f,.
Lieutenant Uund II, for continued diacbeun t.ce c t|.
d-re of absence without leave, and laiii g to rirotrLi
acc ;unt* ai required by law
Lieutenant At-dr w Jaiksoo, for absenting l.imwlf
from bis company without perm.ssiop, and tai.gio
make any report.
Lieutenant Patterson, Rice and Pamphe'l, for taLr
iug their resignations in thw face of tie enemy.
irrtcT of r«« ufat oh the truum
The heat continues tx'rcoirly oppreSri.f. Yrsterdir
whifa the Michigan regun in i»»a n.*rcni..„ to n• u"*:
ruent, two mile* north of C oigetorn, some :rrp fi
in the rank* from exhaustion. Nine ol their LutLbture
expected to die.
RKIHEOkCf WESTS VOX GV.K. Ill TI-Rk'S ABUT.
The government has decided to .i.r. j,e er*l i!.
lcr’s army, 'i'- n ajditioi.ai regiments l-cci »K* Entui
Suns will ptobsbly t>« added to ois cotnn and.
IIQEX TROOPS OVEKRIXn VUOH OUIO.
Parliea from Uh.o are h re to urg•• the nc 'putcr of
a i addi'iooai regiments fiorn their Sit u rh uj
succa.d, the Ohio contingent wi 1 compute tau t; :tv«a
regiments.
BRl VAL CE A DEPUTATION Of HEW VOREtM
CoJIec or B-rcey, AsaiiUnt Treat nr* r L^c«, kun.
Opdyke and {Tetcham, and cue.- r.,..t
ers, "arrived this evening Thu oiject ol t
oon.ulutiou with the GovoiumcLi us to the beet bun
•"•.rfil.iLZ its future pecuniary wants.
COHIRAfTS FOR ABUT WAOOHS.
Tho acting <Jjartermae.er ticortal liar ordtrei
coretructiou ol one thousand at my wagons krih c-r
of the sn..y, to be i juaily C'viaed among trn ctff r»..t
manufacturers.
nTCKomu l uoti iikoim:.
ARRIY'AL OF THE GLASGOW AND THE ARABIA'S
Mails—the amlrioan yresriuN in the
ENGLISH PARLIAMENT—LORD LYONS’ OPINd
ON THE RECOGNITION Of THE 1ILU L IDE
In the Commons, on the 30 h ul:. «Li u ;i 11.• on
and inlatid Revenue bills were under del cn t !t
per duty repeal clause coming up, I^irii Joint Bureed
•aid:—Now tir, in th.- course of t s dt ann
dally th« other night, political ptmti erai n
troeqeed in order to show that it is very imprudent to
relinquish this taxbut those argnmeuie h«v« ail reck
ed iu this, that we ought to retain the p#p<,’ duty, n
not to reduce any other lax. Hut when »e come 10 tot
eider the questions raised iu support ol tLore argotm uk,
we Bud them to bo questions ol v.»"ue spf r«h< no.
l'aey do not relor to any actual m*» ol ictoue, t.:
to apprebet d.d inter, options ol trade and di-mi hates*
of the peace which this country low I app ly
with all other nations. My honorable l.i*:<l
number for the West Riding, (tr J. Rate win
alluded to oae subject in a tone tehtch I rat t>>
lorry to hear. My honorable Ir.euu t* id »t
great republican bunble of Anierca had b.rs-.. V L
my pait—I may be subject to correction— but <ti•
Jind that a dark and tyrannical dee pot iim Itai 0*en
ii/.eJ. and that the people ore lik lu to har, a irit
eminent in it* v ace, 1 certainly col!b*s that l i \j
the fact. (OSetrs It is my duty to repti.fLt h*t
je#y iruuoiy to an existing states, nut i. one n.
de-po ismi fall, and the peep e inhibiting tbar S ate «f»
i kny to have better and freer government, I cat not
help owning that it gift# uie satisfaction, and (Oat i
pa: bine with those people. (Oneer* but l o»n I b»'V
a very different feeling when a great repubhc, what
enjoyed for seventy or eighty yeats institutions ur.cer
wOicU its people were tree and happy, are crswu into a
oontl ct iu which that freedom and uappi if are endan
gered. I cannot but consider that that joy which 1 hit
with regard to the overthrow of tome oi the
of Italy is Conner balanced by the pain which 1
ence at that which hat takin pi act in America
uewed cheers I admit that 1 nave always though »td
I do th.nk, tnat this country is more free ti au the hm <d
State* of America have been, i admit that the
founders of that republic, wiso and able m-n as l!
were had not the materia t a: land, u* i
country, by which they might have beoi ab e l>
the curband correction of reason to restrain the put
at* die .ate* of popular will, but, air, alUiougii w ‘oa«
respects they have failed in providing suen r>-»!r- j
from not hating the material*, jet tt ia» h"
for a large number of jeaia a goat
free State, increasing iu happiners, gitmg •1
ample to ilia world of piople iu thi# etjcijmeut ol r.iUy
of wealth, and of treedom, aud thus giving prospect*1'
iuiprovemmt in the happiness cf mankind l
And when I reflect upon whtl it was that hinig1"''
this conflict—.he reproaches ihtt are made by ih«n-4 t
of the North against the Siati-s of the fcouif
rilljct that those reprouchts, and tte nsi-'ni.u1 j
has been made in confeij tence, h»ve arisen tru"1
accursed int’Un'ion of slavery, 1 OaOUOt but te<
also that with our great and glorious instiiu'io. f
them that curse—that ours were the bauds t ri
which catne that fatal gift—that poieourd S’ r
which has clung arouud them Irom the fiiet hour oi u y
independence. (Renewed ehseriog)
sir, I do not think it seemly to snow anvtamg h*(
citation at their discord, and still !ens to up.O'
as if w» were the immaculate brings who u»d (-'n*
our duties whero they bad failed in thc.r»
Sir, these ar j the feeling* with which I heard ui* u-^(
able friend the otbir nigltr, at.d I must say I bsh»«r
the sentiment* he exprcaaed w«ie cxcepuonsl,
at all in accordance with tne general ticlu-g ot U»e
oir J. R\rn?d*n rose to expls'i), but was prevent'
iug ho bv loud cries ot "Order.”
Lord J. R'lrw.li. lu l ed, I think nothirg y j
more honorable to the House than the giuu _
grief which have been eticced at the P‘°;i t’y
great and free people being about to tusb to lut
slrov each other’s bappiners. (Hear, h«nr I j
a few words more to say, but I think u is >uf
should add that oilier with regard to r"
iwith respect to France or any of the great
nations, do I see at present a ,y prospect that
ful relations will be disturbed. (Oncer* I
world is in a ovate of change, aud far be it,|ll,u p
make any prophecy but all 1 can say i*. r
I know, the feelings of all auits towanl! It
are friendly—(hear, bear)—that thete are nc u*
pending upou which a cot diet is Hk« !y to *i f
that a* far ns my humble m an* can promote
of peace and good will on earih, it will be my o J
my endeavor to do to. (I. >ud cheer*
Sir J. Kumdeu said he tell sure thst the ,lourf *>Jt,
support hint in the assertion that no word* ludey
from bis bps which could be cot anu d into
over the umortunste events that were no* t*
in America. U* did contrast the Cousutuaou o
ca with that cf Eaglaud, iu ordtr to draw from
lessou that it was our duty to be thankful for 1
atreugthen those inatitutiom which were the PriJt.
glory ot England (Saar, hear.) Rut as regarde
hoa, hi* noble friend would do )tim the favor to rseo